You are invited to join Billy Rhoton at 10 AM on Saturday, December 27 at Highland Woodworking’s Atlanta retail store for a rare visual tour inside one of his handcrafted instruments. He will discuss bracing patterns and carving techniques and their relationship to tone. He will also discuss tools and traditional construction methods. The demonstration is free, and no advance registration is necessary. Highland Woodworking is located at 1045 N. Highland Ave, NE in Atlanta.
Is it a sculpture or a machine? For the past several years, woodworker Erich Schatt of Zurich, Switzerland has used his free time designing and building an exquisite machine built entirely of wood. What exactly does the machine do? Well, mainly it causes people’s jaws to drop whenever they see Erich sitting in the driver’s seat pedaling away on this amazing contraption, spinning the dozens of wooden gears whose movements are intricately intertwined using wooden chains (that resemble the drive chain on a bicycle).
We’re pleased to announce our schedule of woodworking classes for the first quarter of 2009. Woodworking classes are held in two classrooms at our store at 1045 N. Highland Ave, Atlanta, Georgia, and are open to the public. Space is limited, and advance registration is required. Click on each woodworking class name for more information and registration information.
Our Tormek T-7 wet grinding system continues to draw accolades as a superior sharpener from independent rating services. Most recently Wood Magazine rated the Tormek T-7 its “Best Buy” in woodworking wet sharpening systems.
Great gift ideas for woodworkers
In these tough economic times, we at Highland Woodworking would like to do our part to make shopping with us more economical and convenient for our customers. Currently we are providing FREE GROUND SHIPPING on most orders over $100* delivered within the 48 contiguous United States.
Patricia Mortimer of Canton, Georgia was the lucky winner of our big Festool Package Sweepstakes, making her and her husband Mike the proud owners of a new Festool Kapex KS100 Sliding Compound Miter Saw along with an MFT3 multi-function table unit and a CT22E mobile dust extractor.